Legging



July 31, 192s.

1,678,954 H. s. RAUH LHGGING Filed Dec. 30,. 1926 Patented July 3l, 1928.

UNITED STATES LEGGING.

Application led December 30, 1926. Serial No. 157,933.

My invention relates to a legging or gaiter. The object of my invention is to modify the usual type of this article of footwear to 1mprove its appearance, make it more conven- 5 ient to apply to the wearers foot, and provide certain advantages when so app ied. Two forms of my` improved gaiter illustrating the invention are shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 1s a side elevation of the one form, Fig. 2 a side elevation of the other form, and Fig. 3 a crosssection on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. l illustrates my invention as applied to an ordinary buttoned gaiter l of the knee length type having the usual buttons 2, button holes 2a and strap 3. To the upper portion of this gaiter is attached a cu a by means of seam 5. lThe seam 5 passing, as 1t does, through the entire upper portion of the gaiter proper l, sews together at the top the overlapping portions' thereof, and it will therefore be necessary, in a gaiter of the particular construction shown in the figure, either to make the upper portion of such gaiter proper large enough to admit the shoe of the wearer when on the wearers foot, or to make the gaiter proper of material sufficiently elastic so that the opening can be sufficiently enlarged for this purpose. The culi 4 is made of lelastic material, preferably knitted material, and long enough to permit it to be folded over at least once and pulled down far enough to cover and.l conceal the seam 5 and, while so doubled, toy extend to a distance above such seam sufficiently to perform one or more of the functions or provide one or more of the advantages hereinafter speciied. In Fig. l my improved gaiter is shown in a condition 1n' which the seam 5Ts exposed to view, but vwhen the article is worn this seam is not to be so exposed. The proper arrangement of this cud, when in use, is shown in side elevation in Fig. 2 and in cross-section in Fig. 3.

in all respects similar to the one shown in Fig. 1 except that the closure of the gaiter, after it has been placed upon the foot, is effected by a slide fastener 6, consisting of 5o the usual stringers and slider, which may be of any of the known types now on the market, and the strap 7 is shown as made of elastic material. I have provided the slider (not shown) of the slide fastener with a metal loop 8 through which passes a strap 9 provided with snap fastener heads y10 en- The form of my gaiter shown in Fig. 2 is' gaging with snap fastener bases (not shown) applied in the usual manner to the body of the gaiter. When the gaiter of Fig. 2 is in use, the loop, strap and fasteners are in the position 'shown in the drawing. When it isdesired to open the gaiter to remove it from the foot, the slide fastener heads 10 are pulled out of engagement with their respective bases and the strap 9 is then folded outwardly and used as a convenientmeans for exerting p ull upon the slider through the medium of the metal loop 8.

When the gaiter, of either form shown in the drawings, is to be applied to the foot, it 1s opened and the cud 4. preferably pulled downwardly around the body l of the gaiter so as to avoid its catching onparts of the shoe. The shoe is then inserted through the upper portion of the gaiter body and the gaiter pulled up until the strap 3 or strap 7' contacts with the instep. The cuff 4 is then placed into the position shown in Fig. 1 or Fig. 2 or may, if desired, be pulled up as far as it will go without leaving any horizontal fold therein. The cuff, when placed in any one of the preliminary positions just described, will hold the gaiter in place upon the wearers leg with sulicient lirmness to permit the application of the article to \-be interrupted without loss of adjustment and, in the case of the buttoned gaiter, to permit the buttoning operation without the necessity of holding the gaiter in place with one hand, while the buttoning is done with the other.

rllhe final adjustment of the cuit is made after the gaiter has been securely fastened to the wearers foot. ln order to conceal the connection between the cutl and the gaiter proper the upper portion of the cuff should be pulled down sufliciently to conceal the seam 5, but otherwise the adjustment may be such as the wearers fancy may dictate and the length of the cuf permit. At any rate, the cuff permits the structure to be readily adjusted as to height and will serve to protect the leg against cold. The cuff will conceal any gap which may exist between the upper edge of the gaiter prop er and the wearers leg and thus will not only improve the a pearance of the article but will make it possi le for the manufacturer to supply his trade with a lesser number of sizes.- In very cold weather, or under very muddy street conditions, the cuf maybe pulled up as far as it will go, thus affording additional prolll) tection to the leg or stocking of the Wearer. detachably uniting said edge portions, and

I claim: an endless elastic cuff attached to the upper 10 A close fitting' knee -length legging comedge of the body adaptedfto fit about the prisin a body portion having an opening at leg of the wearer above the calf and adjust 5 one si e extending upwardly from the botitself to the contour thereof. v l tom edge and terminating adjacent the up- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set per edge of the body, said opening being de-l my hand. fined by edge portions, fastening means vfor HERBERT SAMUEL RAUH. 

